Vancouver Lynn

City Frogs! One of my favorite evening strolls has become this stretch of the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail.  Can't see 'em but you can sure hear 'em.  There are many side effects of having this restored wetlands in the city, and I'll write more about that later.  Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy these 'ur...

Vancouver in 3D on the internet! Vancouver in 3D!!! Visit the Vancouver Downtown Association's ultra cool 3D map of Main Street. This morning's quarterly meeting was inspired and I think the new president was barely exaggerating when she said she feels like she's strapped to a rocket. With uber-c...

Market Snapshot 2010/04/05 Our market trends for Vancouver and Clark County are not behaving as consistent as the previous two years of trends. We have a slight rise in homes available on the market in Vancouver, and a slight dip for the county overall. Those raw numbers are 2616 and 3617 respect...

Vancouver Farmer's Market, 2010, Opening The Farmer's Market for Vancouver opened on March 20, 2010. The weather couldn't have been more pleasant. It was wonderful to see so many people there. Most of the vendors were serving prepared food. There were, fortunately, some folks selling plants and s...

Paying The Man. Ouch! I picked up my tax return today. I wrote them out a check and while it hurt, I actually had set aside twice as much for my 'tax allowance' as I had to pay today. So, bitter as the tax check is, it is sweetened by having a nice little balance of cash that hasn't been otherwis...

Are smaller houses becoming the norm? Or are first time home buyers skewing the market? I noticed that last year's (February 2009) aggregate home sales (in Vancouver, Washington) for the month were about 1934 square feet, and sold for $120 per square foot. For the same month this year the aggrega...

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Market Snapshot 2010/03/15 What can we learn from the numbers? The numbers show that in the local MLS, we have 20% fewer homes available for sale than this time last year in Vancouver, and about 50% more homes in pending than we had at this time last year. Fewer homes, more sales, shouldn't that...

Market Stats 02/22/2010 Market Snapshot 02/22/2010 Sometimes moving away from something can help put things in focus. I have not been as diligent on watching my local market as normal. Now I see some changes and I wonder "What caused that?". For example,December saw a big drop in the number of ac...

My New Mantra? Actually, it's Vancouver's new Mantra. Nice little coffee & wine bar just off Burton and NE 112th Ave. The decor is stylish and the wine list is local. My darling, not a wine drinker, also found comfort in the very good beer menu. We weren't hungry, but the menu looked worthwhile. ...